“I See Through My Eyes, Not With Them.”
William Blake
William Blake is very little known outside of the major circles of literature. Perhaps his only claim to major recognition came almost 200 years after his life, with one of his poems being used in the 2001 movie “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”.
In the movie, Lara battles a group called “The Illuminati”, using a relic known as “The All Seeing Eye” (as seen above), in which one of William’s poems is briefly used as a potential clue.
Now, the regular viewer may bypass this instance, and take nothing from it but a simple rhyme used in a movie. But if you take the time to look deeper into his works, you see that this Man had an extraordinary way of life in The World.
William Blake was a man that claimed to converse with Spirits, see Visions & Phantasms, and even went as far as documenting conversations with The Biblical Prophets Ezekiel & Isaiah while dining at his home one evening.
Aside from his major commercial works that are usually the first quoted after research, such as “Jerusalem” and “The Songs of Innocence & Experience”, William Blake claimed Mystical Abilities, Gifts of Revelation-Like Prophecy, Visits from Angels, and even has documentation on The Science of The Generative Visions of The Human Eye.
My personal favorite, “Laocoon” (as shown above), is truly a Gem within those circles who wish to expand their mind in the realms of Philosophy. I must admit, the majority of William Blake’s writings ranges from the soft lyrical tone of poems, to the full blown incoherent. But his documentation on Visions, and testimonials from family members in his Biography The Life of William Blake, as a man who was dead serious with his claims is interesting. Especially In an entirely different world based in 1780 London. A Man whose eyes really could see “All”.
* I highly recommend purchasing The Illuminated Works of William Blake, for those with further interest.
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